NOTE: Flash is not just for browsers. Flash is actually a darn good alternative to VisualBasic but it has a lot more capability. We use a licensed version of Flash for GUI development to our C++ framework. Flash offers us a ready made IDE to offer our customers.
Note also, that Flash is being used in a lot more embedded devices (cell phones, PDAs, etc). This would be a crippling blow to a great product.
BTW, Flash libraries for Linux are anemic -- granted. But this is the normal case for almost every technology that is Windoze focused.
MS has heard the rumors of the upcoming versions of Flash that add a lot more programmability to the platform. I would suspect this is a move to kill the competition to VB, C## and the rest of MS products.
BTW, I cannot believe all the whining in the replies over how Linux browsers do not support Flash and people are sick of Flash based web sites. Get with it! Not everything needs to be plain text with GIF images. This is very good x-platform technology and the Linux community should embrace it and not slam it. With SWF open sourced - that places MM in a very select crowd of major MS platform players.
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NOTE: Flash is not just for browsers. Flash is actually a darn good alternative to VisualBasic but it has a lot more capability. We use a licensed version of Flash for GUI development to our C++ framework. Flash offers us a ready made IDE to offer our customers.
Note also, that Flash is being used in a lot more embedded devices (cell phones, PDAs, etc). This would be a crippling blow to a great product.
BTW, Flash libraries for Linux are anemic -- granted. But this is the normal case for almost every technology that is Windoze focused.
MS has heard the rumors of the upcoming versions of Flash that add a lot more programmability to the platform. I would suspect this is a move to kill the competition to VB, C## and the rest of MS products.
BTW, I cannot believe all the whining in the replies over how Linux browsers do not support Flash and people are sick of Flash based web sites. Get with it! Not everything needs to be plain text with GIF images. This is very good x-platform technology and the Linux community should embrace it and not slam it. With SWF open sourced - that places MM in a very select crowd of major MS platform players.
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